Potter Clarkson

Firm overview:

Pan-European IP firm Potter Clarkson is selected by world-leading brands in sectors including life sciences, food and agritech, FMCG and the creative industries for trademark work. The firm has consolidated some of the clearance searches it offers into a single, fixed-price service called SafeLaunch, and assists clients through every step of trademark registration.

Potter Clarkson’s trademark watch service flags any potential infringements or conflicting applications to clients and the firm has a strong litigation capability, which brings together the expertise of its trademark attorneys and specialist IP solicitors. It regularly secures success for clients in cases before the UK Intellectual Property Office, Appointed Person and the High Court.

Team overview:

Consultant Sanjay Kapur, in the firm’s Nottingham office, specialises in trademarks and brand strategy. As a previous chair of the Chartered Institute of Trade Mark Attorney’s (CITMA) education and training committee, Kapur oversaw the introduction of the university-based examination system for trademark qualification in the UK.

Mark Kramer leads the firm’s London litigation and licensing team. Kramer is relied upon by clients to handle disputes that spill across borders as well as those confined to the UK courts and also heads up Potter Clarkson’s Creative Industries group.  Charlotte Crowhurst is also noted by a peer as an “attentive, responsive and very experienced patent attorney”.